Gaurav Mazumdar & Jayanthi Kumaresh - Raga Ragam [Updated]

Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 19 Apr 2011 09:53:25 | Comments : 4 |

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Gaurav Mazumdar is one of the most sought-after and versatile musicians of the present generation, Gaurav Mazumdar hails from a family of well-known musicians of Allahabad (India). His early career in music began with vocal music, then violin taught by his uncle J.D.Mazumdar , cousins Kamala Bose and Jayashree Roy , father Dulal Mazumdar and Pandit Nandkishore Vishwakarma.

Pandit Ravi Shankar discovered him and encouraged him to learn the sitar, and under this legend's tutelage & guidance, Gaurav has become an accomplished sitarist.

His performances have been widely acclaimed and appreciated by the audiences at various musical events such as Music Academy – Chennai , Saptak Festival in Ahmedabad, Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan in New Delhi , Soorya Festival in Trivandrum, Sankat Mochan in Varanasi, World Music Festival in Rome, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London , Cologne Philharmonic-Germany and Metropolitan Museum-New York to name just a few. His musical journey has spanned several parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and America, also performing on occasions with his guru Pandit Ravi Shankar.

He is renowned for his solo recitals with some of the best-known tabla players, which include Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Kumar Bose, Anindo Chatterjee, Jayanto Bose and Jugalbandis with both North Indian and Carnatic (South Indian) musicians - Jayanthi Kumaresh, Chitraveena Ravi Kiran, Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan and Flute Shashank.

Gaurav's versatility and genius is reflected through numerous collaborations with western musicians such as Daniel Hope, Philip Glass and Kenny Werner . He has also composed and performed with the English Chamber Orchestra . He composed music for the Ballet Siddhartha – a book by Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse and a score titled 'Akanksha' for his concert at the Vatican to celebrate the new Millennium – being the first Indian musician to perform at the Vatican.

He has several albums featuring his classical, collaborative and compositional works such as ‘Echoes from India',' In Search of Peace', 'Neemrana', 'Soul Strings', 'Grammy nominated 'East Meets West', 'Orion' recorded live at the historic concert in the Acropolis in Greece to commemorate the Olympics 2004, ‘Gaurav Mazumdar', “Offerings”, ‘Strings in Harmony', ‘Walking Together' , ‘Shambala' - a historic sitar/violin double concerto, 'Colours from the Rainbow'- composition for western orchestra and most recent 'Hesse'.

Today, Gaurav as a performer, composer and teacher, has secured an important position in the field of music as one of the foremost musicians of his generation.

Being a product of the traditional Guru-Shishya parampara (Teacher – Disciple learning tradition), he devotes a substantial amount of his time to teaching disciples from all over the world.

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Track Listing
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1. Raga Kalavati
Valachi-Aochar & Gat in Teental / Adi Taalam

2. Raga Yaman & Kalyani
Alap, Jor, Jhala / Ragam, Tanam Gat / Pallavi In Jhaptal / Khanda-chapu Taalam

3. Bhajan
Vaishnava Jana To

Gaurav Mazumdar - Sitar
Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena
Debasish Mukherjee - Tabla
Satish Kumar - Mridangam